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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

It’s been incredibly rewarding to be able to offer relevant advice or a connection at the right time and to see when a founder builds on that key turning point and it leads to success. No more founder pitch meetings. This is how Fred Wilson described me back in 2010. It hasn’t always been as rewarding as it could be, however.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Ocean tech investor survey, AI and PR, L-1 visa options

TechCrunch

“If AI-related coverage can get a new, unknown brand into its target publications today, it could help get the brand’s pitch deck in front of potential investors or partners tomorrow,” she writes in TC+. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. 1 (“Employee view”) Product slide No.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. Were their consultants? We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. I HATE LOSING.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. Were their consultants? We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. I HATE LOSING.

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Why Hearing “No” in a Fund-Raising Process is Actually Healthy

Both Sides of the Table

When I was young in my career I did some consulting for the European arm of Lucent. I once had a potential LP back in 2010 (when fund-raising as a VC was harder for me) tell me that he thought he was a better fit to look at our next fund rather than this one. This is part of a series on fund-raising advice for entrepreneurs and VCs.

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Project Octane: Hustle & Heart

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Against everyone’s advice, I decided to seek out a business partner. ME/ “When we started out in 2010, we were the definition of bootstrapping entrepreneurs. As a result, we’ve been able to hire and retain the best recruitment consultants in the industry.”. I knew in my heart that it had to be Marina. ME/ “Commit to culture.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten VC

When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Why is that? Realistic projections.